Solar: it’s about time
• named Charles Cuneo President, PolyMaxT Technology thin-PV Wafer Creativ SRL Solar Technology for western
succeeding replacing founder Jeffrey P. manufacturing equipment order from U.S.
Sercel. NorSun. United Technology began marketing solar
LayTec developed sensor systems for in-line Sono-Tek debuted two ultrasonic systems services and a low-cost Apex polysilicon
monitoring of thin-film solar cell produc- for dispensing and depositing nano materi- production line in Asia.
tion processes. als on target substrates.
M+W Zander began construction on 90 sp3 Diamond Technologies named Wil- Installations
MWp thin film solar module factory for liam Peifer director of sales. • 2009 Solar installation growth forecast
Q-Cells affiliate in Thalheim, Germany. Spectrum Detector introduced a 100 kHz cut from 49% to 26% (7.1GW).—The
Manz Automation formed cooperation digital joulemeter for solar and semicon- Information Network
with Technicom-Chemie for marketing ductor sectors. • California had 50,466 PV installations
solar equipment in India. Spire (244 MW) in 2007 reaching 60% of
Meier Vakuumtechnik changed its name • received a Nasdaq non-compliance total US solar installations.—Northern
to Meier Solar Solutions. notice after value of listed securities fell California Solar Energy Association
Meyer Burger received wire and ID/OD below the US $50,000,000 minimum • China began construction on 166 MW
saw order from Wacker Schott Solar. requirement. grid-connected solar power PV power
Micro-tec introduced an automated print • installed a 30 MW solar cell manufac- station in Shilin (Kunming Shilin Yi
system for crystalline solar cells. turing line for Hanwha Chemical. Autonomous County).
Newport introduced its PV IsoStation test • received DOE contract to develop a • China expects PV installations to grow
and development workstation. microcrack detection technique for from 300 MW in 2010 to 1.8 GW
Nordson introduced a framing/glazing silicon solar cells and wafers by 2020.—PHOTON International’s
solution that brings efficiency and consis- Spirox set up 5KW pilot HCPV system in world market survey
tency to PV module assembly. Taiwan. • Spain
Oerlikon Solar SSE Group sold its subsidiary SSE Sister • installed solar capacity reached 2.4
• appointed Robert Gattereder to Sr. VP Semiconductor Equipment GmbH to a GW in 2008. - Spanish National
of New Business. strategic investor. Energy Agency CNE
• brought Micromorph® to mass pro- Sunrise Solar appointed James T Kesaris to • solar installers discounted MWs
duction at its Inventux Technologies its board of directors. of panels after buying too many at
facility in Berlin, Germany. Tatung subsidiary broke ground on US high prices earlier this year.
• sold its optical coatings business in $300m solar wafer cutting plant in Wei-
Balzers, Liechtenstein, to a manage- fang, China, with scheduled capacity of Abengoa Solar
ment buyout group. 60MW in first year and 1,000MW within • began building 50MW solar project in
• introduced Amorph High Performance 5 years. Écija, Spain.
which allows the addition of zinc oxide Tokyo Electron increased its solar cell • and Concentrix completed a 2 MW
layers to thin-film products, boosting manufacturing equipment business to solar plant in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Spain.
efficiency by nearly a percentage point counter its flagging chipmaking and LCD- Akeena Solar appointed Jeff Kiel to VP
and increasing fab capacity by 50%. panel equipment operations. sales and marketing.
Optomec developed material-depositing Ucamco appointed WKK as its China BrightSource secured 7,520 acres in Luna
technology that can boost solar cell ef- distributor. County, NM, and 6,574 acres in Hidalgo
ficiency by more than 2% points. Ulvac said orders for solar-cell production County, NM, for future 600MW PV facil-
Roth & Rau acquired MUEGGE ELEC- equipment exceeded orders for semicon- ity.
TRONIC GmbH. ductor production equipment. China Huaneng broke ground on 9.1b
SiGen received high-volume ‘Kerf-Free’ Unichem entered supply agreement with yuan 100 MW solar project in Yunnan
20081216 20081223
World GDP Growth U.S. GDP Growth with Forecast
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